Coffea arabica L. belongs to the Rubiaceae family, and the genus Coffea is believed to have
a primary center of origin and genetic variability in the highlands of southwestern Ethiopia. It …

As enabling and emerging technology, plant tissue culture techniques have been developed
and used as a novel tool to assist plant breeders in crop improvement perspectives. These …

This study was conducted to evaluate the performance of two small‐scale irrigation (SSI)
schemes in the subhumid Ethiopian highlands. Water application at the farm level and flow …

Vegetatively propagated plants like yam are prone to yield losses by viruses as infection
tends to build up in successive cycles of propagation. This study aimed to eliminate yam …

Agricultural diversification to meet our future needs call for the adoption of new technologies
in agriculture. Utilization of the best cultural practices, fertilization, pest control measures will …

Abstract Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is one of the major food security crops in
Ethiopia. Recently, clean planting materials of improved cassava cultivars are in high …

Plant breeders employ a variety of techniques to improve the genetic composition of crops
and a successful strategy is dependent on the physical, physiological and hereditary …

Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L) is commercial cash and sweet industrial crop.
Considering its importance in the agro-processing industry and its economic contribution to …

Despite Ethiopia possessing the highest number of livestock in Africa, its benefit to the
country and smallholder farmers is small. This is to a large extent attributed to the …

Many plant virus diseases that have either newly emerged or expanded their distribution in
the last two decades are causing tremendous crop losses to Ethiopian agriculture. The eight …